Improvement in oil-cups



H. K. SEARS 8v S. L. HOLT.

OIL CUP.

Patented May 28,1867.

for the purpose described.'

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H. K. SEARS AND S. L. HOLT, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 65,126,8ated Ma ne, V1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN O IL-GUPS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

Be itknown that we, H. K. SEARS and S. L. HOLT, of Hartfordfcounty ofHillhffll'd, and State of Con- I necticut, hove invented certain new.'and useful Improvements in Oiler, Cans; and to enable others skilledinthe art to make and use the same, we will proceed to describe byreferrin'gto the drawings, in which the some letters'indicate'like partsin each of the figures. Y

The nature of this invention consists in the peculiar mode of closingthe drip or air-orificein oil-cans at the point of time when the oil orother lubricating fluid is about to-be ejected from thecan'thronghitsnozzle,

by pressure upon the bottom of the can, so as to allow any dripremaining upon the outside ofthe nozzle to return back into the canthrough an orifice provided expressly therefor.

In the accompanying drawings is shown a-section view of an oiler can asnow made and in common use,

with this exception, that we have formed an orifice, a', through thestopper, and i nsei'ted.(froni the inside) a sinall tube, 0, into saidorifice or stopper, through which the drip, which fnay at anytime-remain'upon the outside ofthe v nozzle, may return into the can. da weight-valve, arranged upon a wire rod, 2, which extends downward tothe bottom of the can, and sustained in its proper position by means ofa guide and supporting-arm, This valve-rod is designed to be of suchlength. that when pressureis applied to the bottom it will close thevalve against the tube a just at that point of time when the :fluidisejectedfrom the can through the nozzle in the iisnal way, thuspreventing the fluid from being ejected through" the tubeor orifice a,and allowing any dripv which may remain on the outside of the noz'nleto'ret ur'n through the orifi cea'intothe can. This valve-rod alsoserves to prevent the set of the bottom of the can.

Oilers have been heretofore made without any cheap, simple arrangementfor taking up the drip,- and for want of which the cans have becomebesmeared with fluid, and thereby very annoying to handle, which, by theuse of this improvement, is entirely obviated. In this way ,we areenabled to produce a cheap and useful article of manufacture and use..

.We believe we have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantageof this improvement so as to'cnable others skilled to uiake and use thesame therefrom.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent,is The combination of the passage a, valve d, guide 2', and rod e, allarranged to operate substantially asand H. K. SEARS. [n s] p S. L. HOLT.5,1 Witnesses:

Tues. G. KNIGHT, Jnxnin W. Buss.

